Which to use
“regardais” and “regardées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,221
- “regardais” frequency rank
- #43,630
- “regardées” frequency rank
- 53851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardais | regardées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de regarder. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardais and regardées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between regardais and regardées
A purely visual mix-up. regardais (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\) and regardées (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regardais is recorded at frequency rank #10,221, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\. regardées is at rank #43,630, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 53851, this pair ranks #137,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardais vs regardées
Shared letters: adegrs. Private to "regardais": i. Private to "regardées": é.
"regardais" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "regardées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regardais ← ergardais · reagrdais · regadrais · regaradis · regardaiss · regardasi · regarddais · regardias
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regardais" for "regardées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regardais" or "regardées"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardais" and "regardées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardées vs retardés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #137,971 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.